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Alex wrote;

> All the top teams in America are geo for two reasons:
> 1. It's a big country, you can't travel halfway across it to attend
> training.

Agreed!

> 2. The quality of ultimate dictates that top teams train regularly.
> (I'm fairly sure there's no legislation with regards where players
> actually live. Even if there were it would be redundant given point 1).

Surely this applies in the UK!  Ask yourself why Shotgun have been 
ontop for so long - I maintain that until there are more geo teams 
Shotgun will not get the competition they deserve!  How many times this 
summer have we seen Shotgun grind out victories in close games - the 
kind of skill that is acknowledged as the result of regular practices.

I agree that coaching is the way forward - the BFDF/BUF are working on 
coaching programmes, but that is beside the point at present as what is 
needed is the highly skilled players/coaches to get involved in their 
local ultimate scene (even if you don't initially play with them at 
tournaments) and pass on some of their knowledge.  Players that do this 
stand to reap the rewards in years to come when they can step out 3 
times a week and go to a high quality practice right on their 
doorstep..... and maybe even play for that team!?

It's a credit to some of the top teams (Shotgun, Druids) that they are 
in their own way doing this already.

Scott

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